Political elites and the pragmatic paradigm
Notes from a feminist researcher - in the field and out to lunch
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22988508 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karen Ro (0000-0003-3952-5149), Karen Ross (0000-0002-1448-6051, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 155-166 |
| Publication date | 2001-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Social Research Methodology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1364-5579 • E-ISSN: 1464-5300 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/136455701750158921 |
| OpenAlex | W4244057686 |
| Language | EN |
This essay seeks to offer some reflections on doing research with political elites where those elites also happen to be women. It tries to show some of the excitements and frustrations of doing research with elite subjects in elite settings, when the researcher is always the stranger and the person with the least power in an otherwise very powerful and intimidating environment. It addresses some of the tensions in 'doing' feminist research with women with whom the researcher does not empathize and discusses the extent to which those differences actually matter when ranged against the much bigger considerations of gender and patriarchal relations.
Elite · Feminism · Field (mathematics) · Field research · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Social science · Sociology · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Law · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
| Highly cited | No |
|---|